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Are you a breast cancer survivor who happens to be childless?
I have been a member of this online network since 2014, just after my diagnosis. At a recent breast cancer seminar at a city near where I live, something hit me like it hasn't in all this time, the su...
@"Janet A"
a good conversation to have, I reckon,
I am 65 this year and never been pregnant or had a child. There is no cancer history at all (that I am aware of) in either side of My family. I am the first.
I actually went to a Nun’s school during my primary school years .... and had forever heard that breast cancer was often called ‘The Nun’s Disease’ ..... but when I mentioned this to my surgeon, that being childless may have contributed to me ‘getting it’ .... he laughed.
However, so many of these sayings may be attributed to some sort of historical observation! Who knows!
Good luck with your research!
a good conversation to have, I reckon,
I am 65 this year and never been pregnant or had a child. There is no cancer history at all (that I am aware of) in either side of My family. I am the first.
I actually went to a Nun’s school during my primary school years .... and had forever heard that breast cancer was often called ‘The Nun’s Disease’ ..... but when I mentioned this to my surgeon, that being childless may have contributed to me ‘getting it’ .... he laughed.
However, so many of these sayings may be attributed to some sort of historical observation! Who knows!
Good luck with your research!